{"product_id":"2940012526472","title":"A Traitor - A Story of the Fall of the Invisible Empire","description":"Scanned, proofed and corrected from the original edition for your reading ease. (Worth every penny!)*** TO THE READER -- This volume closes, as originally planned,\"THE TRILOGY OF RECONSTRUCTION\": \"THE LEOPARD'S SPOTS\", \"THE CLANSMAN\", \u003cbr\u003e\"THE TRAITOR\". \"The Clansman\" ended with the political triumph of the Klu Klux Klan, or Invisible Empire. The story of \"The Traitor\" opens with the order of dissolution by General Forest and is set in the atmosphere of the fierce neighborhood feuds which marked the Klan's downfall in the Piedmont region of the South. -—THOMAS DIXON, JR., New York, 1907. *** CONTENTS: BOOK I. THE CRIME - I. The Threat, II. Mr. Hoyle Receives a Shock, III. A Blow is Struck, IV. The Old Code, V. Graham vs. Butler, VI. Scalawag and Carpetbagger, VII. The Reign of Folly, VIII. The Masqueraders, IX. A Counter Stroke, X. The Strength of the Weak, XI. Through the Secret Panel. -- BOOK II. A WOMAN'S REVENGE. I. Stella's Resolution, II. Weighed and Found Wanting, III. The Trap is Set, IV. Ackerman Secures a Pledge, V. In the Toils, VI. The Train for the North, VII. The Daughter of Eve, VIII. The Tracks at the Door, IX. A Test of Strength, X. Behind Bolted Doors, XI. A Voice in Warning, XII. The Trap is Sprung, XIII. For Love's Sake, XIV. The Judgment Hall of Fate. -- BOOK III. PRISONER AND TRAITOR. I.The Arrest, II. Through Prison Bars, III. A Woman's Way, IV. The Hon. Stephen Hoyle, V. Ackerman Cornered, VI. Through Deep Waters, VII. The Prisoner at the Ba, VIII. The Ministry of Angels, IX. The Day of Atonement, X. Under Bright Skies, *** \u003cbr\u003eLEADING CHARACTERS OF THE STORY: Scene: The Foothills of North Carolina. Time: 1870 to 1872. JOHN GRAHAM — Ex-chief of the Klan. MAJOR GRAHAM — His Father. BILLY — His Brother. ALFRED — The Family Butler. MRS. WILSON — Their Landlady. SUSIE — Her Daughter. DAN WILEY — A Mountaineer. STEVE HOYLE — Chief of the New Klan. JUDGE BUTLER — Of the U. S. Circuit Court. STELLA — His Daughter. AUNT JULIE ANN — His Cook. MAGGIE — Stella's Maid. SUGGS — A Detective. ACKERMAN — Of the U. S. Secret Service. ALEXANDER LARKIN — A Carpetbagger. ISAAC A. POSTLE — A Sanctified Man. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL — Of the United States. HON. REVERDY JOHNSON — Of Maryland. HON. HENRY STANBERY — Of Ohio. U. S. GRANT — The President. *** ILLUSTRATIONS: \"The High Court of Justice of the Anglo-Saxon race suddenly transformed into a Negro minstrel farce.\" \"Some of the men were sobbing\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Stella stared at the lifeless form.\" \"A beautiful face bent above him.\" *** \u003cbr\u003eA selection from the beginning of Book I -- The Crime -- CHAPTER I. THE THREAT -- \u003cbr\u003e\"WHAS the mather with the latch!\" John Graham stood in the soft Southern moonlight fumbling over the gate of the old homestead from which the Civil War had driven his family penniless. \"Used to be a latch anyhow, before his illustrious Dishonour, the Judge, and his African Government, turned us out!\" he continued to mutter. \"Wonder if he's locked it? Didn't need bolts for gates in our time--but he does--the old Scalawag!\" Each word of the last sentence was slowly hissed. Again he felt over the gate, tried both sides without success, stepped back and surveyed it critically. \"By Geeminy, the gate's grown up!--used to be here--see the gravel walk on the other side.\" He shook it gently. \"No mistake about it--grown solid to the fence. I'll have to climb over.\" He touched the points of the sharp pickets, suddenly straightened himself with dignity and growled: \"I won't climb over my own fence, and I won't scratch under. I'll walk straight through.\" A vicious lurch against the gate smashed the latch and he fell heavily inside. He had scarcely touched the ground when a fair girl of eighteen, dressed in spotless white, reached the gate, running breathlessly, darted inside, seized his arm and helped him to his feet. \"Mr. John, you must come home with me,\" she said eagerly. \"Got to see old Butler, Miss Susie.\" \"You're in no condition to see Judge Butler.\" She spoke with tenderness and yet with authority. \"And why not?\" he argued good-naturedly. \"Ain't I dressed in my best bib and tucker?\" He brushed the dirt from his seedy frock coat and buttoned it carefully. \"You've been drinking,\" pleaded the girl. \"Yet I'm not drunk!\" he declared triumphantly.","brand":"OGB","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47069471604976,"sku":"2940012526472","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012526472_p0.jpg?v=1763569665","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012526472","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}